Example sentences of "[verb] we could [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I do n't get Seawitch moved we could well end up as wreckage on those rocks . ’ |
| 2 | and they said if we , in turn , as it stands we could never give you exemption and therefore the only thing is to render it completely enoxious and then we can give you negative clearance because it will have no impact upon competition |
| 3 | Well a cooker you definitely , a fridge say we could perhaps borrow that one of mum 's until we could afford one . |
| 4 | But almost as soon as our church team was formed , with the desire of being a marvellous example of love in action , we found we could not get on together , let alone with the world ! |
| 5 | ‘ The experience we gained through High Island gave us the confidence to know we could successfully work with Tatham , ’ Broussard says . |
| 6 | If he had n't agreed to appear we could not have raised the cash to make the show . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Shame we could n't get anyone else for the delivery , these watches are murder . ’ |
| 8 | Oh he says we could n't do that he says that now , he says I could n't get that done for you . |
| 9 | She says we could n't help but remember the sort of thumping speeches |
| 10 | He says we could not approve his application . |
| 11 | he says we could either put it forward because the windows are obviously a lot wider |
| 12 | In the contract that we negotiated we could not alter the content of the service provided by Devon social services but we could influence the nature and speed of delivery and of communication . |
| 13 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 14 | If that happened we could then try to purify and isolate the morphogen from the mixture — but we had no luck . |
| 15 | ‘ There was a party came over from Prince 's , trollies and all , but as they paid we could hardly object . ’ |
| 16 | Do you think , do you think we could ever do without drugs ? |
| 17 | I do n't think we could ever have made Caring for People work when the CPNs were here in the hospital and the social workers were 10 miles away in Retford . ’ |
| 18 | I did n't think we could possibly organize this evening , but we have . |
| 19 | I mean , that 's the kind of thing one often hears on this programme , is it wishful thinking or d' you think we could actually achieve it ? |
| 20 | You can ride ponies but I do n't think we could actually afford one . |
| 21 | Even when the sound button was pressed we could n't get any sound volume m sound out of it whatever . |
| 22 | When it was being drawn up ‘ we agreed we could n't have a cash limit and we never said there would be a cash limit ’ . |
| 23 | I mean we could n't move from one end of the hub to the other for that , and they are the people who are excellent at doing that sort of business are n't they ? |
| 24 | What 's a m I mean we could easily say it 's |
| 25 | I mean we could all spend all day discussing that particular issue but up until the decision is made and which road they 're gon na go down we do know it 's gon na be banding but on what on what basis is it gon na be ? |
| 26 | I mean we could never have paid for all those tyres and when I retired the erm , they actually had a tyre fitter supplied and paid for by they were the , they took over the whole of the tyre maintenance , they had a tyre fitter down there and he used to go up to depot , change any tyres over there that were necessary , he inspected them each day and changed them over but of course he was notifying erm at the same time . |
| 27 | Our old mates THE ORB popped round to Vibes central control the other day for tea and spacecakes and a quick intergalactic natter , and somehow they just happened to leave a whole box of ORB window stickers in the VIBES record cupboard — and would you believe it just as they were about to leave we could n't find the key ? |
| 28 | Oh I li well I , I 've had a lot of moves dear in my time I tell you I , first of all when I first got married I lived at Bishop 's Stortford , then from Bishop 's Stortford I went to erm Stansted in rooms cos I , you know we could n't get a place and from there I had one of my sons oh hello time , eleven o'clock just struck what 's the day ? |
| 29 | ‘ We always figured we could n't afford ads , but we could make a lot of noise ’ , says Miles . |
| 30 | I might have known we could n't keep you within bounds … |